Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in Washington, D.C., USA
- Neighbors: Near Northeast
Notable Places in the Area
United States Capitol
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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.
Union Station
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Washington Union Station, known locally as Union Station, is a major train station, transportation…
Folger Shakespeare Library
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The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States.
Localities in the Area
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington…East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square.
NoMa
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"NoMa" is a moniker for the area north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union…
Capitol Hill
Latitude
38.889° or 38° 53' 20" northLongitude
-77.00025° or 77° 0' 1" westElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open Location Code
87C4VXQX+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 158502198OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
4137919Wikidata ID
Q2305815Capitol Hill Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: كابيتول هيل
- Arabic: كابيتول هيل، واشنطن دي سي
- Azerbaijani: Capitol Hill
- Azerbaijani: Kapitol Hill
- Catalan: Capitol Hill
- Chinese: Capitol Hill
- Chinese: 国会山
- Chinese: 國會山
- Chinese: 國會山莊
- Czech: Capitol Hill
- Dutch: Capitol Hill
- English: Capitol Hill, DC
- English: Capitol Hill Historic District
- Finnish: Capitol Hill
- French: Capitol Hill
- German: Capitol Hill
- Hebrew: גבעת הקפיטול
- Hebrew: וושינגטון די. סי./גבעת הקפיטול
- Italian: Capitol Hill
- Japanese: キャピトルヒル
- Japanese: キャピトル・ヒル
- Korean: 캐피틀힐
- Norwegian: Capitol Hill
- Norwegian Bokmål: Capitol Hill
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Capitol Hill
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Heafodburh Hylle
- Persian: کاپیتال هیل
- Persian: کپیتال هیل
- Polish: Capitol Hill
- Portuguese: Capitol Hill
- Portuguese: Colina do Capitólio
- Russian: Капитолийский холм
- Scots: Capitol Hill
- Slovenian: Capitol Hill
- Spanish: Capitol Hill
- Spanish: Distrito de Capitol Hill
- Swedish: Capitol Hill
- Turkish: Capitol Hill
- Urdu: کیپٹل ہل
- Vietnamese: Capitol Hill
- Wu Chinese: 国会山
- The Hill
Other Places Named Capitol Hill
Localities in the Area
- Capitol HillLocality
- Barracks RowNeighbourhood
- Lincoln ParkNeighbourhood
- Near SoutheastQuarter
- Navy YardNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Capitol Hill. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.